One prominent leader of this group set up a "People's Education Society," w
One prominent leader of this group set up a "People's Education Society," which operated under the slogan "Educate, agitate, organize." This group, together with others of its kind, was sometimes referred to as "Scheduled," and separate elections for those representing this group were abolished in 1932 via the Poona Pact. In a notable 1977 incident, nine members of this group were burned alive in Belchi, while a year later the demands of writers who belonged to this group and called themselves the Panthers to rename a university in honor of one of their leaders touched off riots against this group. Sometimes referred to as "children of god," or "Harijan," in 1956 200,000 members of this group took the "22 Vows" to convert to Buddhism under the leadership of Bhimrao Ambedkar. Representatives of this group included the youngest member of Nehru's cabinet, Jagjivan Ram, as well as the first member of this group to become president, Kocheril Narayanan. For ten points, identify this often-persecuted social group of India, the lowest caste sometimes known as "dalits."
One prominent leader of this group set up a "People's Education Society," which operated under the slogan "Educate, agitate, organize.
{untouchables} [accept {dalit} or {Harijan} before mention; accept {Scheduled Castes} before mention]